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Hi there: I was working on an ROTJ-Boba since August 2009, now here are the steps of work, (posted them already in The BHG, so sometimes, the explanations seem well known-sorry 4 that)...Please apologize my bad English....Here´s the list of the parts:Softparts: cucblackHelmet: Sgt.Fang Visor: Rembrand Stalk: SelfmadeJP: MOWBlaster: SelfmadeGaunts: MOWArmor: FP V3Boots: Made by a German Garrison memberSeveral small stuff made by myself or bought in the cargo hold

I started up with making the cape out of a used tent square from the german army:

Next part is the helmet, a Mystery from Sgt.Fang, TDH:It arrived like this:After raw Trimming (when Trimming was finished, the edges looked much better):

The next part, i tried to make by myself was the EE3 - the base for it was an old toy-pistol, Plastic-barrel and a scope, bought on ebay for a few bugs...Here´s the result:

The softparts are from cucblack(i know- the jumpsuit should be a light blue, then weathered grey and not a light grey suit-but nobody´s perfect), the armor is an FP V3

Here we go:
Still untrimmed

One week later, all parts are trimmed and sanded, next is priming and painting....Ammo-Belt has also arrived...Girth belt, dyed by myself, costs: 20 Bugs:Next step:Gaunts are sanded...Armor is sanded and primed....

Hinges glued into the Gaunts....

The next weeks I continued like this:Armor sanded, primed and sprayed silver...

Gaunts sanded and primed:

Unfortunately, the jetpack was broken, so i had to strengthen the interior with plastics and synthetic glassfibre- filling compound , then drilled the holes for the thrusters....

Right Gauntlet painted, left one is also painted, but still without rocket and buttons, and some weathering details are still missing- i´ve planned to make some layers of grime and so on, you can see later

Armor painted, with the first layer, which is much too bright, but i´ve changed it within a second layer of paint and improved the scratch apttern to be more screenaccurate, you can see later…

Details abdomen plate(also still much to bright:

Left Gauntlet:

Did some detailwork on the Gaunts, painted the buttons on the calc pad as senn on photos of the MOM...

Working on the jetpack, first steps......

And the results after weathering the Jetpack an Gaunts with some grime and airbrush

Tried to make the Armor fit, but still too bright and with inaccurate scratchpattern…

Helmet almost ready, visor fixed with Epoxyd-Putty: Just have to complete the interior and the LED´s on the RF

The codplate also got an new layer of colour(90% Humbrol 78 deckgreen, 10% Humbrol 3 brunswickgreen – as seen on some reference pics from MOM)I hope, you can see the difference:Daylight:with flashlights:

Version 2.0 without decals…tried to make the scratchpattern as accurate as possible…

Shoulders with weathering…

And yellow highlights around the dents and scratchesDetails of the Abdomenplate….Girthbelt dyed darker:Codplate:

And Version 2.0 almost completed, unfortunately photographed with flashlights, so everything seems a little bright…and the chest decals is weathered too heavy, but I changed that.

Had to change some things to make the Fett acceptable for the 501st:
Shoulders and knees sprayed darker yellow and weathered with orange an rust:
I´ve also ordered a more accurate Ammobelt and sprayed the EE3- stick black...

Looks fantastic buddy. And always keep in mind that if your goal is to make the 501sts, then by all means, do what you need, but as long as your happy with your own work, then thats what is most important, as you are sporting a terrific looking rotj fett. Top stuff!

Thanks a lot guys- i´ve been off for a while, sorry 4 that(had to stay in hospital from Nov 18th almost till now)- here are some updates - changed the belt and the braids, the shoulders and the knees are darker yellow, a new stock for the Blaster....

Fett 4 Real said:

Looking good bud...have you thought about moving your thigh pouches up to the cod where they arent hanging over your knees? I know Ponte had to do that as well

I know that i still have to move the thigh pouches up - this will be the next thing to do...
But first, here are some pics (with flashlights....)
Blaster with new stock

Ok, next few steps- the jumpsuit is at the tailor´s, think i gonna have results at the end of the week...i also made some alustuds by myself to make the attachment of the cape as accurate as possible (at the moment, it´s still attached with a button)- the cape will be replaced by an woodman-cape the minute, the cape arrives-Pics will follow...oh BTW:
Approved:
BH 5242
The gloves and the belt also have been weathered....
And there are still some more little steps to do, to make it a better costume

Got my Jumpsuit back from the tailor: The tigh pouches are set much higher now...The whole costume may look a liitle bit strange at the moment, because i draped it on a mannquin, that doesn´t fit exactly- but the most important thing to see is the pouches...think it looks pretty good now....the gloves are not the ones, i use when wearing the costume, this are my old Evo-Gloves....
While wearing the costume, i use BM-Gloves....

After a long while, i can post some progress and show the changes, that were made to improve the costume:
Helmet was changed into am BM helmet, you can see the helmet here:http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f23/b...52/#post558145
New boots from MOW:
Beacom and stabilizers changed into parts from darkside an Mojo-Fett
Blaster changed into a EE3 from sidewinder.
And here´s what my Boba looks like at the moment:
Pictures were taken at Legoland Germany this June.
Still to come:
Aluminium Shoulder studs (Edit 2013: Changed)
Toe Spikes from Mojo Fett (Edit 2013:installed)
Aluminium Gaunt Rocket (Edit 2013:installed)
Aluminium Knee Darts(Edit 2013:installed)